Research and applications of viscoelastic vibration damping materials: A review

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the various research methods and theory calculation models that are employed in engineering to study the static and dynamic vibration characteristics of viscoelastic damping material (VDM) formed structures. The review classifies of traditional VDMs by their physical properties, application fields and calculation methods. A thorough description and comparison is performed between conventional and improved methods and, their applicability, and the advantages and disadvantages of each calculation theory in engineering structures that contain VDM are sequentially illustrated. VDM mathematical models in previous studies are then described and compared. Finally, the future development of VDM and its composites are discussed. The main objective of this paper is to serve the interests of researchers and engineers involved in the analysis and design of structures whose vibration must be reduced by VDM. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.